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. 2013 Jul;19(7):1128-30.
doi: 10.3201/eid/1907.120615.

Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in cystic fibrosis clinics, United Kingdom, 2009

Paul Seddon  1 , Katy Fidler, Sundhya Raman, Hilary Wyatt, Gary Ruiz, Caroline Elston, Felicity Perrin, Khin Gyi, Diana Bilton, Francis Drobniewski, Melanie Newport
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Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in cystic fibrosis clinics, United Kingdom, 2009

Paul Seddon et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Incidence of pulmonary infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing among persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). We assessed prevalence and management in CF centers in the United Kingdom and found 5.0% of 3,805 adults and 3.3% of 3,317 children had recently been diagnosed with NTM. Of those, 44% of adults and 47% of children received treatment.

Keywords: Mycobacterium absessus complex; Mycobacterium avium complex; United Kingdom; bacteria; cystic fibrosis; nontuberculous mycobacteria; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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Regional variation in percentage of cystic fibrosis patients in whom nontuberculous mycobacteria were isolated, United Kingdom, 2009. Percentages represent combined clinics within participating regions. Nineteen of 23 adult and 24 of 29 pediatric CF centers, accounting for 7,122 of 8,513 (84%) CF patients, participated in the survey.
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